SomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 11 months agoOh boy.feddit.ukimagemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down135
arrow-up1344arrow-down1imageOh boy.feddit.ukSomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squarestarlinguk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·11 months agoIt’s more complicated than that. Latinos in the US also have Native American blood (usually South American). They have a terrible history of persecution. Someone who’s from Spain isn’t “Latino”.
minus-squareSomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoNo, they are Hispanic. Spain is a Latin country however, like Portugal, France, Italy, Romania and a couple of other small European countries.
minus-squareAesthesiaphilia@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThat’s not what Latino means in this context, it means specifically from Latin America.
It’s more complicated than that. Latinos in the US also have Native American blood (usually South American). They have a terrible history of persecution. Someone who’s from Spain isn’t “Latino”.
No, they are Hispanic. Spain is a Latin country however, like Portugal, France, Italy, Romania and a couple of other small European countries.
That’s not what Latino means in this context, it means specifically from Latin America.